Firstly i think its great that the whole draining and often sadly inevitable eviction process is being made public. We need londoners to engage with the fact that most people have little choice or say over housing issues and are forced to pay high rents. We need autonomous social spaces badly, spaces which are controlled by real people and respond to real needs. I do wonder about the wisdom though of making a banner that says "fuck the law" no matter how noble the sentiment is behind such a statement. For you avereage hacknite walking past, I doubt as if this statement will engage them with the issues at hand, rather it will produce the response "who do these bloody anarchists think they are!". We need to make our radical visions and ideas assessible to ordinary people if we ever want to be effective with our struggle. Please could you have a banner that says "This space is for you" or something a bit more constructive...
Yours in solidarity

I think 'fuck the law' is a fair comment. I think the Hackney people can understand very well that the law is for the rich against the poor, they see so many examples of that. Up with the resistance!

I know the space was evicted a week our two after this article was posted. It would be great if somebody could finish the story and explain what happened. Last I heard there was meant to be a 'last party' but that it was quietly repossessed while nobody was in occupation.